Explore: Astronomical Interferometry

provide higher resolution images of astronomical objects such as stars, nebulas and galaxies by means of interferometry. The advantage of this technique

Very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) is a type of astronomical interferometry used in radio astronomy. In VLBI a signal from an astronomical radio source

and Darwin). A detailed description of the development of astronomical optical interferometry can be found here. Impressive results were obtained in the

Interferometry is a technique which uses the interference of superimposed waves to extract information. Interferometry typically uses electromagnetic waves

diameter of a star other than the Sun. Michelson had invented astronomical interferometry and built such an instrument at the Mount Wilson Observatory

Aperture masking interferometry (or Sparse aperture masking) is a form of speckle interferometry, that allows diffraction limited imaging from ground-based

divided into the shift-and-add ("image stacking") method and the speckle interferometry methods. These techniques can dramatically increase the resolution of

(EVN), in the widest sense. Very-long baseline interferometry (VLBI) is a type of astronomical interferometry used in radio astronomy. It allows observations

developments came in 1946 with the introduction of the technique called astronomical interferometry, which means combining the signals from multiple antennas so

major advances in astronomical imaging technology in the 1970s, beginning with Antoine Labeyrie's invention of speckle interferometry, a process that significantly